Ranjeet Singh Mahla, PhD
Staff Scientist, Corey Lab, Infectious Disease Sciences Program
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
Research focus includes profiling antigen-specific B cells from EBV patients and studying their characteristics.
Education
Liverpool John Moor's University, Liverpool, UK. 2025. MS (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India, 2023, ePG (AI and ML)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, 2021, PhD (Biological Sciences)
School of Life Sciences, DAVV, Indore, India, 2009, MS (Life Sciences)
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, 2006, BS (Biotechnology)
Other Appointments & Affiliations
Editor - Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, Cambridge Core, UK
Research Interests
Host–virus interactions, immune responses, and antibody discovery using single-cell sequencing and molecular immunology approaches.
Understanding antiviral immunity and developing therapeutic strategies against viral infections.
Characterization of antigen-specific B cells in EBV
B cell biology in HSV infection and cell-to-cell communication in the skin
Defining features of B cells producing EBV-neutralizing mAbs
Applying deep learning to VDJ and GEX data for understanding B cell biology in EBV neutralization
Current Projects
Characterizing HSV-2–specific immune responses using single-cell RNA-seq and BCR-seq of cells isolated from genital skin biopsies.
Discovery and validation of EBV-specific monoclonal antibodies